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<hw>Dorr"hawk`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>See <er>Dorhawk</er>.</def>

<h1>Dorsad</h1> <Xpage=446>

<hw>Dor"sad</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Dorsum</ets> +L. <ets>ad</ets> towards.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Toward the dorsum or back; on the dorsal side; dorsally.</def>

<h1>Dorsal</h1> <Xpage=446>

<hw>Dor"sal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>dorsal</ets>, LL. <ets>dorsalis</ets>, fr. L. <ets>dorsualis</ets>, fr. <ets>dorsum</ets> back; cf. Gr. <?/, <?/, mountain ridge. Cf. <er>Dorse</er>, <er>Dorsel</er>, <er>Dosel</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to, or situated near, the back, or dorsum, of an animal or of one of its parts; notal; tergal; neural; <as>as, the <ex>dorsal</ex> fin of a fish; the <ex>dorsal</ex> artery of the tongue</as>; -- opposed to <contr>ventral</contr>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>Pertaining to the surface naturally inferior, as of a leaf.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Pertaining to the surface naturally superior, as of a creeping hepatic moss.</def>

<cs><col>Dorsal vessel</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>a central pulsating blood vessel along the back of insects, acting as a heart.</cd></cs>

<h1>Dorsal</h1> <Xpage=446>

<hw>Dor"sal</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[LL. <ets>dorsale</ets>, neut. fr. <ets>dorsalis</ets>. See <er>Dorsal</er>, <tt>a.</tt>]</ety> <fld>(Fine Arts)</fld> <def>A hanging, usually of rich stuff, at the back of a throne, or of an altar, or in any similar position.</def>

<h1>Dorsale</h1> <Xpage=446>

<hw>Dor"sale</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Dorsal</er>, <tt>n.</tt></def>

<h1>Dorsally</h1> <Xpage=446>

<hw>Dor"sal*ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>On, or toward, the dorsum, or back; on the dorsal side of; dorsad.</def>

<h1>Dorse</h1> <Xpage=446>

<hw>Dorse</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. L. <ets>dorsum</ets> the back. See <er>Dorsel</er>, <er>Dosel</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Same as <er>dorsal</er>, <tt>n.</tt></def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The back of a book.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Books, all richly bound, with gilt <b>dorses</b>. <i>Wood.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Dorse</h1> <Xpage=446>

<hw>Dorse</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The Baltic or variable cod (<spn>Gadus callarias</spn>), by some believed to be the young of the common codfish.</def>

<h1>Dorsel</h1> <Xpage=446>

<hw>Dor"sel</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Dosser</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>A pannier.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Same as <er>Dorsal</er>, <tt>n.</tt></def>

<h1>Dorser</h1> <Xpage=446>

<hw>Dor"ser</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Dosser</er>.</def>

<h1>dorsibranchiata</h1> <Xpage=446>